152Immunity for reporting unfit rail safety worker

152 Immunity for reporting unfit rail safety worker

(1) No action may be taken against a person to whom this section applies who, in good faith, reports to— (a) the Rail Safety Regulator; or (b) a rail transport operator; or (c) any other person to whom this section applies who is employed or engaged by the Rail Safety Regulator or a rail transport operator— any information which discloses that a person is unfit to carry out rail safety work or certain types of rail safety work or that it may be dangerous to allow that person to carry out rail safety work or certain types of rail safety work. (2) No action may be taken against a person to whom this section applies who, in good faith, reports— (a) the results of a test or examination carried out under this Act or the regulations; or (b) an opinion formed by that person as a result of conducting such a test or examination— to a person referred to in sub‑section (1)(a), (b) or (c). (3) In this section—

person to whom this section applies means—

(a) a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Practice Act 1994;
(b) a registered optometrist within the meaning of the Optometrists Registration Act 1996;
(c) a registered physiotherapist within the meaning of the Physiotherapists Registration Act 1998.